1. The secretary of state has the power and authority reasonably necessary to efficiently administer this chapter and to perform the duties imposed thereby. 2. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the secretary of state may propound to any limited liability company, domestic or foreign, and to any manager, governor, or member thereof, such interrogatories as may be reasonably necessary and proper to ascertain whether the limited liability company has complied with all provisions of this chapter which are applicable to the limited liability company, the manager, the governor, or the member. a. The interrogatories must be answered within thirty days after mailing or within any additional time as may be fixed by the secretary of state. The answers to such interrogatories must be full and complete and must be made in writing and under oath. b. If the interrogatories are directed: (1) To an individual, then they must be answered by that individual; or (2) To a limited liability company, then they must be answered by the persons whom the management and conduct of the activities of the company are vested pursuant to section 10-32.1-39.
c. The secretary of state need not file any record to which such interrogatories relate until such interrogatories have been answered, and not then if the answers disclose that such record is not in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. d. The secretary of state shall certify to the attorney general, for such action as the attorney general may deem appropriate, all interrogatories and answers thereto, which disclose a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. e. Each person who fails or refuses within the time provided by subdivision a of subsection 2 to answer truthfully and fully all interrogatories propounded to that person by the secretary of state is guilty of an infraction. f. Interrogatories propounded by the secretary of state and the answers thereto are not open to public inspection. The secretary of state may not disclose any facts or information obtained from the interrogatories or answers except insofar as may be permitted by law or insofar as is required for evidence in any criminal proceedings or other action by this state.
10-32.1-86. Secretary of state - Filing of records with secretary of state - Effective date. 1. A record authorized or required to be filed with the secretary of state under this chapter must be captioned to describe the purpose of the record, be in a medium permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. If the filing fees required by section 10-32.1-92 have been paid, then, unless the secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of this chapter, the secretary of state shall file the record and for all records, except annual reports, send an image of the filed record to the person who filed the record. 2. Upon request and payment of the fee provided in section 10-32.1-92, the secretary of state shall send to the requester a certified copy of a requested record. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a record filed with the secretary of state under this chapter may specify a delayed effective date which must be no later than ninety days from the date of filing. Subject to section 10-32.1-18, subdivision a of subsection 4 of section 10-32.1-20, and section 10-32.1-87, if the record does not specify a delayed effective date, then a record filed with the secretary of state is effective on the date the record is filed as evidenced by the endorsement of the secretary of state of the date on the record.